Ballinger Flayed Attorneys Sum Up for Prosecution
Brandeis presented a two hour summing up before the Ballinger Pinchot investigating committee arguing that Ballinger is not truly devoted to public interests and that many Alaska claimants were favored. He praised Glavis and Pinchot and defended Kerby for publishing department secrets. Pepper tied the testimony to three main conclusions: lack of fidelity to the public interest in interior affairs, Ballinger’s responsibility for the events, and the president’s possible misperception of the situation.
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Ballinger-Pinchot
Louis D. Brandeis
L. R. Glavis
Ballinger
Mr. Brandels
Interior Department
Lawler
Kerby
Brandeis
Cunningham
Guggenheim-Morgan
Alaska
Glavis
Glayia
Papper
Ballinger Aide Defends Ballinger Under Fire
Washington May 29 Attorney John A Vertrees argued at length in the final Public hearing of the investigation committee that Ballinger bears no fault in the Cunningham Alaskan coal claims. He condemned former Secretary Garfield and former Forester Pinchot while insisting Ballinger acted properly in public and private life.
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Washington
Tornado hits Missouri town ruins several dwellings
Pierce City Missouri May thirty ninth A tornado formed northwest of town struck the east edge destroying ten dwellings and several barns and swept southward out of sight. No one was killed.
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Missouri
Pierce City
Here
Berne
Ight
Professor Koch Noted Bacteriology Expert Obituary
Noted bacteriologist Professor Koch is remembered as a leading authority in bacteriology who died following heart disease. His work influenced medical science and public health through decades of research and education.
Professor Koch Dies After Heart Disease
Professor Robert Koch, renowned German bacteriologist, died in Baden Baden on May 28 from heart disease. Born December 11, 1843 in Klausthal Hanover, he gained fame for microbe research and as the discoverer of the tuberculosis and cholera bacilli. He received honors from Germany and France and visited the United States in 1908 for the international tuberculosis conference in Philadelphia.
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Baden Baden
Robert Koch
Klausthal
Hanover
Koch
United States
Philadelphia
Surprise to Regulars Telegraph Firms Put Under ICC Control
Washington May 28 Interstate telegraph and telephone companies were suddenly placed under the Interstate Commerce Commission by a viva voce Senate vote. The move, made with little debate, compels cross state lines firms to conform to the Interstate Commerce Act, similar to the railroad bill. The amendment, though needing modification in conference, cannot be dropped.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
House
House votes 250000 for president on production cost study
Washington reports the House appropriated 250000 to be used by the president to investigate production costs of manufactured goods at home and abroad. Representative Tawney failed to keep a tariff board provision with broader powers in the sundry civil bill, so no tariff board or commission was granted legislative sanction.
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Washington
House
Representative Tawney
Appropriations Committee
Commission
Resolutions Adopted by Attorneys General Convention
In St Paul on May 28 the convention of attorneys general adopted resolutions protesting federal courts interfering with state law enforcement and urging that the Fourteenth Amendment not restrict the Eleventh. It called for state supreme courts to retain original jurisdiction in certain proceedings and recommended simplifying court procedures to speed trials. It urged that all expenditures related to a state's legal business be entrusted to the attorney general.
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Convention of Attorneys General
Aupreme
Revolt Crushed At Bluefields Ends Nicaragua Uprising
Bluefields, Nicaragua May 28 government forces aided by the gunboat San Jacinto routed insurgents and captured Bluefields bluff. The defeat likely ends the revolution as General Estrada remains undeterred and vows further resistance. Fall River Mass May 28 nearly all Cotton mills will close from today to June 6 affecting about 20 000 workers to reduce output.
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San Jacinto
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Estrada
Fall River
Masa
Seventeen Missing After Lake Huron Collision
In heavy fog near Point Aux Barques Lake Huron, the steel steamer Frank H. Goodyear sank after a collision with James R. Woors. Eighteen seamen feared dead, five survivors rescued from the Woors, as Captain Gibson ordered lifeboats and pumps.
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Mich
Frank H. Goodyear
Mitchell Transit Company
Lake Huron
Point Aux Barques
James R. Woors
Gilchrist Transportation Company
Goodyear
Ali
Gibson
Wood
Hemenger
Frank Bassett
Emma Bassett
Frank Mellick
George Grant
Gibgon
Floods Hit Norway as Heat Melts Snow
In Christiania on May 27 extraordinary spring heat melted snow and swelled lakes and rivers beyond 1860 records. Lillestromment near Skedsmo suffers submerged streets to building floors while floating timber threatens bridges. At Fetsund 360000 pieces float and a railway bridge may be damaged. Public works minister M Byaenne inspects Oslo by motor boat. State assistance debate reaches the storthing.
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Lillestromment
Skedsmo
M. Byaenne
Fetsund
Storthing
Submarine Pluviose Sunk Off Calais by Ferry
A May telegram from London reports French submarine Pluviose rammed and sunk in the English Channel by the Calais Dover mail boat Pas de Calais two miles northwest of Calais. All 27 crew members perished as the vessel sank in 160 feet of water with no chance of escape.
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Admiralty
English Channel
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Dover
Pluviose
Calais-Dover
Pas de Calle
Calais
Cummins Amendment Defeated in Senate on Rail Rates
The Cummins Amendment to curb railroad rate increases until approved as just and reasonable by the Interstate Commerce Commission failed in the Senate. The vote was 25 to 43.
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Washington
Cumming
Allroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Justice Moody May Retire Rumors Circulate in Washington
Washington reports circulate that Associate Justice Moody, who has served on the Supreme Court bench for six months, may resign from the bench. The chatter emerged in Washington on May 27 as observers weigh Moody's future from ongoing discussions.
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dMect
Jumilee
Supreme Court
Moody
Rasteen
Exposed Sugar Frauds at Heike Trial Sensation
Oliver Spitzer sparked a sensational moment in the Heike trial as investigators exposed sugar fraud schemes. Officials and witnesses testified about illicit blending and mislabeled products. The proceedings highlighted corporate misconduct and prompted calls for tighter regulation.
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Oliver Spitzer
Heike
Spitzer On The Stand In Sugar Trust Trial
In New York on May 24, the government opened the sugar refining conspiracy case against Charles R. Heike. Oliver Spitzer, a dock superintendent and former convict, testified despite defense claims he could not. Spitzer described weighing frauds and devices used to cheat the government of millions, the testimony thrilling courtroom observers.
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Trumpard
Charles R. Heike
American Sugar Re.aning Company
Sugar Trust
Stimson
Oliver Spitzer
Williamsburg
Atlanta
Spitzer
John B. Stanchfield
Lorimer Denies Charges Over Senate Seat
Will iam Lorimer of Ulinas faced the Senate stringently denying bribery and corruption in obtaining his seat. He argued the charges were a Tribune stunt aimed at wrecking a new Chicago banking association he organized.
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Washington
United States
Senate
William Lorimer
Ulinais
Chicago Tribune
Grain and Livestock Prices From Minneapolis to Chicago
Minneapolis and Duluth report wheat prices on track with July and September futures while Norhtern grades range about 1.03 to 1.08 per bushel. St Paul lists cattle, hogs, and lamb values. Chicago markets show wheat, corn, oats, pork, butter, eggs, and poultry prices. Livestock figures cover cattle categories and hogs, with steady to rising ranges.
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Public notices of patent medicine offer
An advertisement promises a free plain sealed prescription for men suffering nervous debility loss of power memory or manhood from excesses and youth follies. Dr A Robinson 260 Luck Building Detroit offers the remedy by mail.
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Dr. A. &. Robinson
Luck Building
Detroit
Michigan
Blacksmith for Senator Breckenridge seeks Missouri seat
John F. Breckenridge of St Joseph Mo a blacksmith and candidate for United States senator from Missouri has filed the required petition with the secretary of state at Jefferson City. In early days he followed the trail as a cowboy and now runs a horse sleeping establishment at the stockyards on Booth Street. He says he will campaign vigorously visiting every county. Also included is a tale of Mayor Gaynor of New York meeting an office seeker who fails to get past the mayor after an awkward greeting.
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County of
Brown
State of
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City of
New Ulm
Lows J. Yooxt
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John F. Breckenridge
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St. Joseph
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Breckemridge
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Jacksonville
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